Praise

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Praise: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Praise: Recorded since 1999, it reached #493 in 2006, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#493highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Praise's record

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2226
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#1690
2006	#2509
2007	#2085
2008	#1718
2009	#1668
2010	#1218
2011	#1489
2012	#1483
2013	#1360
2014	#1966
2015	#2328
2016	#2367
2017	#1817
2018	#3178
2019	#2458
2020	#2615
2021	#3192
2022	#2888
2023	#2504
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2015: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2328 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2425 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2016
Highest recorded position: #493 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2005–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Praise appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 176 births with the name.

Praise across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Praise's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2425 (1999)	#1749 (2009)	#2088 (2024)	23 of 26	176 (1999–2024)	12 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#2226 (2001)	#1218 (2010)	#1541 (2024)	23 of 24	292 (2001–2024)	26 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#512 (2002)	#896 (2015)	7 of 14	23 (2002–2015)	4 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#493 (2006)	#713 (2016)	6 of 12	21 (2005–2016)	4 (2006)

Praise by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Praise in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	46	7 of 10	7
2010s	80	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Praise appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #493 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Praise's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #493, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adriano · #493, 27y
Ilya · #493, 27y
Mubarak · #493, 29y
Pablo · #493, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adriano · #493, 27y
Ilya · #493, 27y
Mubarak · #493, 29y
Pablo · #493, 29y

Praise was ranked #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Praise and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Praise without appearing here.

Praise moved ahead of

Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1541 and #4843.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Praise

Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #965.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Praise

Kari Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Praise went from #3594 to #1541 while Kari went from #3594 to #5891.
Kristine Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Praise went from #3594 to #1541 while Kristine went from #2191 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Praise

Frida Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Praise went from #3594 to #1541 and Frida from #2727 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Praise went from #3594 to #1541 and Meabh from #4373 to #952.
Carol Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Praise went from #2226 to #3192 and Carol from #1617 to #3519.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Praise went from #3725 to #1541 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #493 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Praise

Praise at a glance

What stands out in Praise's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Praise across 4 official records

Praise by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Praise appears in

Popularity data

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Praise at a glance

What stands out in Praise's record

Praise across 4 official records

Praise by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Praise appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Praise

Praise and the names beside it

Praise moved ahead of

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